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The furniture came from Victorian England. [1] The photos and paintings on the walls of the haveli depicted Sujan Singh’s family and ancestors, some of whom were said to have served in Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s durbar (court). [1] The family used the haveli as their personal residence until settling within the cantonment of Rawalpindi. [1]
Islamabad Capital Territory is located on the Pothohar Plateau where excavations have revealed evidence of a prehistoric culture. [1] [2] Relics and human skulls have been found dating back to 5000 BC that show this region was home to Neolithic people who settled on the banks of the Soan River, and developed small communities in the region at around 3000 BC. [2]
Location Building type Notes / references 1 Bahria Icon Tower: 300m (980 ft) 62 2022 Karachi: Mixed Use: Tallest building in Pakistan. [2] [1] Architecturally topped out. 2 Chapal Skymark: 200 m (656 ft) 50 2021 Karachi: Residential: Pakistan's tallest residential tower Structurally topped out. 3 Bahria Apartment Tower (left one) 200 m (656 ft ...
Gujar Khan (Punjabi: گُجر خاں [ɡʊˈd͡ʒəɾ ˈxãː]; Urdu: گوجر خان [ˈɡoːdʒəɾ ˈxaːn]) [3] is a city in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan.It is also the headquarters of Gujar Khan Tehsil, the largest tehsil of Punjab by land area.
Location of the Union Council within the Murree region. Murree, (Urdu: ضِلع مری) is a district of the Rawalpindi Division in the northernmost part of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It has two tehsils, Kotli Sattian and Murree. In March 2022, the Punjab Government upgraded the administrative status of Murree by posting Hassan Waqar ...
Rawalpindi remained under the rule of Ghakkars until Muqrab Khan, the last Ghakkar ruler, was defeated by Sikhs in 1765. Under Sikh rule, traders were invited to settle in Rawalpindi. A thriving trade was established, but during the nineteenth century the Sikhs lost the city to the British, who established a cantonment south of the old city.
Prior to partition there was a sizable Sikh and Hindu community living in Rawalpindi. Today, the city is still home to a few hundred Hindu families. [68] Despite the fact that the vast majority of the city's Hindus fled en masse to India after Partition, most Hindu temples in the old city remain standing, although in disrepair and often ...
The museum was envisioned by Ishfaq Khattak, the DS of the Rawalpindi division. In late 2002, the headquarters issued instructions to all the divisions of the Pakistan railways to scrap all the old items including crockery, furniture, locomotives, and saloons for narrow gauge lines. Ishfaq Khattak saw this as an opportunity to accumulate all ...